Established in 1883 and considered the trade’s leading business in Austria ever since, we have been dealing in rare books, manuscripts and autographs for more than a century, serving private collectors and institutional customers all over the world.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Oeuvres choisies de Mao Tse-Toung. …Beijing, 1962.

     500,000.00
  • Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber). Al-Durrah al-Yatimah [The Orphan Pearl on the Precious Art of Chemistry].No place Syria?, 20 Jan. 1756 CE = 17 Rabi II 1169 H.

     75,000.00
  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Princeton, 6 Oct 1938.

     15,000.00
  • [Persian Gulf Gazetteer]. [Confidential] Extract from the Persian Gulf Gazetteer.Calcutta, 1917.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Football Collection]. An Outstanding Collection of Books About Football, Removed From the Library …Various places, 1580-2014.

     350,000.00
  • [Ludwig Salvator]. Wintertage auf Ithaka.Prag, 1905.

     4,000.00
  • Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

     150,000.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

     400,000.00